European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor thursday january 27,1994 and tripes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Man City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 or Postrach 11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225,269,263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer. 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What to do in response to keep kids quiet i m sure that during the writer s childhood an the time of raising his children a certain look from his parents or an expression to his children and they would be quiet. But this is a new generation something that older parents Don t have to go  Are not allowed to talk harshly reprimand or discipline our own children with out fear of being arrested for child , what is a Parent to do let our children make noise and inconvenience a few people or reprimand our children in fear that someone might turn us in and take our Chil Dren away it s not we have to put up with it Why should t everyone else it s child abuse can be considered anything therefore i won t do  Debbie Fricky Baum older Germany. � it s a Joyful noise this is in response to keep kids quiet Jan. 14 boy am i glad i did t go to Church. 1 was raised in an episcopal family where children were just As important As the adults. I have had a Chance to visit More than 10episcopal churches in my life and they All expressed the same belief children Are Wel come and appreciated. In fact most of the children were seated in the front pews so that they could see the voices that were talk ing not just hear them. During baptisms children were encouraged to sit around the front so that they could witness the Joy and so they could ask any questions that they might have. Aren t we All supposed to make a Joyful noise unto the lord or is that Only outside of Church children Are god s creation should t they have the right to hear the word of god too Kelly dupe graft Wohr Germany count your blessings i. Time and time again i hear Many Mili tary wives complain about How bad the feel they have it. The spouse is away a lot they Are stressed out and they feel that 80percent of their failing marriages Are due to the military. While i admit i had a pretty Good idea of what life could be like in the . Army my husband was in the Reserve before coming to Active duty it s still no excuse for these women to complain. Instead of bickering they should take the time to realize it is much harder on the service member than it is on the family. After All the Soldier cannot just pick up and go Home to family at the drop of  to mention when he does go away he is All alone no kids no wife and Many times cannot even Call Home whence is lonely these women should take this time and count their blessings for what they do have. They Are provided with practically free housing their spouse has a stable Job with benefits and for the most part the wives need not work unless they choose to for one reason or another. I am expecting an addition to our family and i understand sometimes the wife can feel cramped. I combat this by volunteering my time when my husband is working to the american red  can Volunteer and they do offer babysitters. There is not a Day that goes by that Idon t Tell my husband How much i appreciate All he has Given up for our  waste time precious time together complaining i would much rather spend my time letting my spouse know How much i love him How proud i am and re assure him All is Well with the family so hell not worry it could mean his life someday. Heidi l. Gaebl Munster Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write Tou letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and in clude address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Why employees Are rude. I would like to share a very important Les son i Learned while working As a part time temporary hire at the Frankfurt army and air Force Exchange service video rental before working for cafes i used to Send in written complaints both overseas am stateside about the rude and cold employees who waited on me. I could t under stand Why cafes employees never smiled or acted pleasant to their customers. I finally met a pleasant and very helpful cafes employee in Hanau. I took the Timeto Send a comment card to the cafes commander commending the Young Man who had shocked me by his  wanted to get an inside look at Why most cafes employees Are so rude and unpleasant to their customers so i accepted a part time Job at the video rental. I Learned that most of the customers i served were equally rude and often very hostile to Deal  wanted to argue with the employees and blame us for their having to pay lat fees it s not easy being pleasant and Friendly when most of my work shift was spent Deal ing with obnoxious behaving adults after six weeks of this i never again want to work for cafes. It was a pleasure serving the pleasant and mature adults one bad Apple should spoil the entire Bushel but sometimes it does. Rence William Frankfurt Germany,.�. � a Day of Celebration i would not normally be one to complain about the programming on american forces network but today i feel like it Ismy duty As an american to speak my peace. I woke up on Martin Luther King Day an was looking Forward to enjoying a Day with my family. I plan to Tell my kids about the work of or. King that is when i have them. Until then it must be hard to bring up kids in a society that on a Day that is sup posed to be used to celebrate the life of great Man an airs a memorial service in which the speakers have nothing Good to layabout his life. All they can talk about is what is wrong with our country today. What Are Young children with nothing else to watch on the tube supposed to think when their parents Tell them that Martin Luther King Day is a Day to celebrate All of the Good things he did for our country while a Guy in a Gray Robe with a multicoloured striped Sash arid a Box hat also Multics lored is having a race rally on television i m confused about the meaning of the Day now. What is helping these children know what this Day All about spec. Chris Trudeau Mannheim Germany  Tough on crime i applaud president Clinton on the crime Bill currently being reviewed in  Only complaint it is not strict enough. It is about time our government passed som Laws that will put criminals in their place. Our judicial system currently gives criminal the advantage. I believe that most of the people against the crime Bill have never been a victim of a violent crime or even witnessed one. The problem of violent crime is not going to be solved unless our government passes some tougher Laws. And our government is not going to pass tougher Laws unless the people put their support in crime Bills that Are presented. I do not believe removing violence from our movies and television programs will necessarily solve the problem but it will help. A lot of the problems with youths and violent crime deals with parents and their duties of bringing up the children  excuse Monkey see Monkey do is a very Porrone. I would rather have my tax dollars go to Ward building More prisons than to High tech weaponry. And i would like to see mandatory sentences giver on most felonies and see that the sentences Are carried out completely. John Lewis Aviano a Italy. " Darwin will Triumph the writer of evolutionary Dogma . 3 said evolution. And creationism both have metaphysical foundations there fore both should be taught As science. Apparently he is unaware that every discipline without exception has metaphysical foundations. Astrology French ballroom Daric ing football and the teachings of David Koresh All have metaphysical foundations. Should we teach All of them in science class too the writer also said evolution is maintained through forced indoctrination. Is that so evolution is taught primarily to teen agers who Are notoriously prone to scepticism and rebellion. Creationism on the other hand is taught primarily to inno cent trusting preschoolers in sunday school. Creationism was enforced in prior centuries with torture and murder and instill enforced today with threats of eternal damnation. The writer s arguments demonstrate a Complete ignorance of the nature and con tent of science. These ridiculous arguments May fool innocent 5-Vear-Olds in sunday school but they won t tool educated Skepi Cal adults. Darwin will Triumph Over biblical creationism just As Aristotle triumphed Over the biblical Flat Earth theory and Gal Ileo triumphed Over the biblical theory of the sup circling the Earth. Susanne Burmeister Berlin by 1986, l-l5of6oin6unixr Cwb. Of which off Auy guaranty r